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Legal Research for the Rest of Us

This comprehensive guide by Carol Simon helps undergraduates with minimal legal background navigate and master legal research using key databases like Lexis/Nexis, Academic Universe, and more. The book emphasizes constructing effective search strategies and caters to assignment-driven research needs across various disciplines intersecting with law.

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Legal Research for the Rest of Us

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  1. Legal Research for the Rest of Us Carol Simon, MLS, MA Business Reference Librarian Hofstra University

  2. Where to go when you don’t….

  3. Where to go when you don’t…

  4. Where to go when you don’t…

  5. Where to go when you don’t…

  6. Where to go when you don’t…

  7. Basic Undergraduate Toolkit • Academic Search Premier • ERIC • Factiva • Lexis/Nexis Academic Universe • PsycINFO • Sociological Abstracts

  8. Undergraduates • Inquiry SUBJECT/DISCIPLINE based • Assignment driven • Intersection of DISCIPLINE and LAW • Have minimal legal background

  9. Librarian • Constructing a search strategy that will • Enable student to understand the convergence of disciplines • Satisfy his/her research needs • Comprehension • Comprehensive

  10. Example: Informed consent and competence • Academic Search Premier and PsycINFO • DE “informed consent” AND • competence

  11. Grokker: (informed consent) in PsycINFO

  12. Example: Informed consent and competence • Lexis/Nexis Academic Universe • Law Reviews • Informed consent • Focus on competen! • Medical & Health Journals

  13. Example: Freedom of speech in public schools

  14. Grokker: Freedom in ERIC

  15. Example: Freedom of speech and public school • Lexis/Nexis Academic Universe • Nexis Guided Search • Major papers

  16. Example: Provenance, art and nazi • Art History student inquiry: • Provenance • Art • Nazi

  17. Grooker

  18. Example: Product liability

  19. Conclusion(s) & Contact • Deal with undergraduates creatively • Carol.Simon@hofstra.edu

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